Today would be the 91st birthday of Alva “Bobo” Holloman, who pitched a no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Holloman no-hit the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 6 of that year. The game was the pinnacle of his brief major league career, which ended after two seasons with a…
Roanoke College’s John Ruhlman threw the first no-hitter in school history on Saturday as the Maroons topped Eastern Mennonite 9-0 during the second game of a doubleheader at Salem Memorial Stadium. According to the school’s website, it was the first recorded no-hitter for the Salem, Virginia, school since the baseball program was reinstated in 2002.…
Celebrating a no-no birthday today is Jeff Tesreau, who threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants back in 1912. Tesreau, a 6-foot-2 right-hander from Ironton, Missouri, shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 during the first game of a September 6 doubleheader at National League Park. The scorecard initially credited Phillies leadoff batter Dode Paskert…
Happy 125th birthday to Charles “Dazzy” Vance, who threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Robins in 1925. The Hall of Famer beat Philadelphia 10-1 in the first game of a September 13, 1925 doubleheader at Ebbets Field while holding the Phillies to no hits. The Phillies scored their lone run on two Brooklyn errors and…
John Montgomery Ward, who threw the majors’ second perfect game in 1880, was born 156 years ago today. Ward threw his perfecto for the National League’s Providence Grays on June 17, 1880, shutting out the Buffalo Bisons 5-0 at the Messer Street Grounds in Providence. Beating him to the punch five days earlier was Lee…
The Miami Hurricanes narrowly avoided falling victim to a no-hitter on Sunday, extending the school’s 52-year-old no-hit streak to 3,181 games. In the ninth inning of the Canes’ game against the Florida Gators, Carl Chester led off by reaching base on an error before Chris Barr lined a single over short, according to the Miami…